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Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
oxygen at high altitude ... fluids, analgesia, ani ... Diagnosis #Management #Altitude
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Heart Failure with ... Approach: ACE, ARB, ARNI ... -2 Inhibitor → ARNI ... pearls-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy/ #Heart #Failure
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
Heart Failure with ... • ACE, ARB, ARNI ... pearls-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy/ #Heart #Failure
Guidelines Directed medical therapy for Heart Failure 

Satyendra Dhar, MD, @DharSaty

#HFrEF #GDMT #sodium-glucosecotransporter-2inhibitors #SGLT2i #reninangiotensinaldosteronesysteminhibitors
therapy for Heart Failure ... angiotensinreceptorblockers #ARB #ARNI
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure ... • Causes: High altitude ... hypoxemic respiratory failure ... #Respiratory #Failure
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Diastolic Heart Failure ... Systolic Heart Failure ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
• Epilepsy • Altitude ... congestive heart failure ... congestive heart failure ... congestive heart failure ... congestive heart failure
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
first‐line tool (Figure ... mortality and heart failure ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #POCUS
Lung Ultrasound in COVID 19 symptoms and a history of heart failure

FAMUS @FAMUSultrasound

#Lung #Ultrasound #COVID19 #POCUS
history of heart failure ... Ultrasound #COVID19 #POCUS
"Playboy Bunny" sign, seen w/hepatic congestion due to R heart failure.

Dr. Josie Acuna @jgacuna

#Hepatic #Congestion #Bunny
due to R heart failure ... Liver #Ultrasound #POCUS